# गुह्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গুহ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬸᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
* গুহ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰲𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀼𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဂုဟ် (Burmese script)
* ગુહ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਗੁਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑍁𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦸꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂳𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಗುಹ್ (Kannada script)
* គុហ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຄຸຫ຺ (Lao script)
* ഗുഹ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᡠᡥ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘳𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠤᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧔𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐸𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଗୁହ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢔꢸꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆶𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖲𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ගුහ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩒𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚰𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
* கு³ஹ் (Tamil script)
* గుహ్ (Telugu script)
* คุหฺ (Thai script)
* གུ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒳𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨃𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”). See गूहति (gūhati) for cognates.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡúɦ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡuɦ/

### Root

गुह् • (guh)
* to cover, conceal, hide
* to keep secret

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* गूहति (gū́hati, Present)
* गूहिष्यति (gūhiṣyáti, Future)
* घोक्ष्यति (ghokṣyáti, Future)
* गूहिता (gūhitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* गोढा (goḍhā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अघुक्षत् (ághukṣat, Aorist)
* अगुहत् (águhat, Aorist)
* अगूहीत् (ágūhīt, Aorist)
* जुगूह (jugū́ha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* गुह्यते (guhyáte, Passive)
* अगूहि (ágūhi, Passive Aorist)
* गूहयति (gūháyati, Causative)
* अजूगुहत् (ájūguhat, Causative Aorist)
* जुगुक्षति (jugukṣati, Desiderative)
* जुघुक्षति (jughukṣati, Desiderative)
* जोगुह्यते (joguhyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* गूढ (gūḍhá, Past Participle)
* गूहितुम् (gūhitum, Infinitive)
* गूहित्वा (gūhitvā, Gerund)
* गूढ्वा (gūḍhvā, Gerund)
* गूढ्वी (gūḍhvī́, Gerund)
* गुह्य (guhya, Gerund)
* गुह्य (gúhya, Gerundive)
* गोह्य (gohya, Gerundive)
* गूहितव्य (gūhitavya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* गुह् (gúh)
* गुह (guha)
* गुहा (gúhā)
* गूह (gūha)
* गूहन (gūhana)
* गूहितृ (gūhitṛ)
* गोह (góha)
* गोहन (gohana)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अपगुह् (apaguh)
* अवगुह् (avaguh)
* उद्गुह् (udguh)
* उपगुह् (upaguh)
* निगुह् (niguh)

### Noun

गुह् • (gúh) stem, f
* a hiding place, cave, den, lair
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.67.6:प्रि॒या प॒दानि॑ प॒श्वो नि पा॑हि वि॒श्वायु॑रग्ने गु॒हा गुहं॑ गाः ॥priyā́ padā́ni paśvó ní pāhi viśvā́yuragne guhā́ gúhaṃ gāḥ.O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गुह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 360, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गुह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गुह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “GOH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 502-3